Patti Solis Doyle is an American political operative and was in 2008 a senior adviser to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

, where she was the campaign chief of staff to Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...

, Obama's vice presidential choice.

Previously Solis Doyle was a longtime aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the...

, having started her association with the former First Lady

First Lady

First Lady or First Gentlemanis the unofficial title used in some countries for the spouse of an elected head of state.It is not normally used to refer to the spouse or partner of a prime minister; the husband or wife of the British Prime Minister is usually informally referred to as prime...

 as Clinton's assistant during Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

's 1992 presidential campaign. She eventually became campaign manager for Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, Clinton's 2006 re-election campaign and Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign from its inception until she was replaced by Maggie Williams

Maggie Williams

Margaret "Maggie" Ann Williams is a partner in Griffin Williams, a management-consulting firm. She was the campaign manager for Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. Following Clinton's win in the New Hampshire primary in January 2008, Williams was brought onto the Clinton...

 in February 2008.

Early life and career

She is the youngest of six children. Her parents, Santiago and Alejandrina Solis, were immigrants from Monterrey

Monterrey

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, Mexico

Mexico

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. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois in the Pilsen neighborhood, attending the Notre Dame High School for Girls

Notre Dame High School for Girls

Notre Dame High School for Girls is a private, Roman Catholic, all-girls college prep high school in Chicago, Illinois. Notre Dame High School for Girls was founded in 1938 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur and in 2009, was incorporated by the Archdiocese of Chicago, making it part of the St....

 and Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies

Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies

The Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies is one of eleven schools comprising Northwestern University, with campuses in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois...

. Her oldest brother, Daniel Solis

Daniel Solis

Daniel "Danny" Solis is a Chicago politician who serves as the alderman for the 25th ward which includes the Lower West Side community area. He was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 1996. He is the brother of Patti Solis Doyle, Senator Hillary Clinton's former campaign manager. Solis was a...

, is a Chicago alderman representing the 25th ward.

Doyle entered politics working on Richard M. Daley

Richard M. Daley

Richard Michael Daley is a United States politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party, and former Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. He was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. He was the longest serving Chicago mayor, surpassing the tenure of his...

's campaign for Mayor of Chicago

Mayor of Chicago

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. Later she went with David Wilhelm

David Wilhelm

A former campaign operative who rose to prominence as chair of the Democratic National Committee in the 1990s, today Wilhelm is an entrepreneur and impact investor devoted to building sustainable jobs and wealth in small town America....

 (Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

's campaign manager) from Chicago to Little Rock

Little Rock, Arkansas

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, where she became Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the...

's assistant. She is credited with coining the term "Hillaryland

Hillaryland

Hillaryland was the self-designated name of a group of core advisors to Hillary Rodham Clinton, when she was First Lady of the United States and again when, as United States Senator, she was one of the Democratic Party candidates for President in the 2008 election.The group included Huma Abedin,...

", the close circle of Clinton advisers, dating back to 1992.

Hillary Clinton presidential campaign

Appointing Solis Doyle as her presidential campaign manager, Clinton said, "I have complete confidence and trust in her as a person and as a professional. She was the natural choice for me when it came to picking someone to run this campaign". Solis Doyle was the first Hispanic

Hispanic

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 woman to manage a presidential campaign.

Her removal from the top position was reported to have been acrimonious, and some inside the Clinton camp have accused Solis Doyle of managing the campaign "into a ditch". Doyle was replaced by Maggie Williams

Maggie Williams

Margaret "Maggie" Ann Williams is a partner in Griffin Williams, a management-consulting firm. She was the campaign manager for Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. Following Clinton's win in the New Hampshire primary in January 2008, Williams was brought onto the Clinton...

. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/politics/08recon.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss It has been reported that Senator Clinton and Solis Doyle have not spoken since. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/politics/08recon.html?pagewanted=3&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Barack Obama presidential campaign

On June 16, 2008, the Obama campaign announced Solis Doyle would join the campaign as the chief of staff for his vice presidential nominee, revealed on August 23, 2008 to be Joe Biden

Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...

, the Senior U.S. Senator from Delaware

Delaware

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. The news angered some in the Clinton circle who felt the move was intended to send a message that Clinton would not be asked to be Obama's vice presidential nominee. Obama later stated that this was not his intended message.

Personal life

She is married to Jim Doyle, a Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School

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graduate. They have two children.